Dictionary/不过

不过 不過

bù guò

ㄅㄨˋ ㄍㄨㄛˋ
ConjHSK 2TOCFL L1core 10k
1only
2merely
3no more than
4but
5however
6anyway (to get back to a previous topic)
7cannot be more (after adjectival)

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Example

tā他bù guò不过shì是gè个hái zi孩子。
他不过是个孩子。
He is but a child.